| bolan 28.07.2004 07:27 |
Just thought I'd get your thoughts on Innuendo! Was it really that great an album. Sure it had some good songs but the chart positions don't show it. They say Made in Heaven was a bad album but i think it is better than Innuendo! |
| FriedChicken 28.07.2004 07:28 |
I agree |
| Oberon 28.07.2004 07:39 |
I prefer Innuendo. MIH is ok, but I don't hold it in such high esteem as many seem to. Mainly 'cause it re-hashes solo stuff. The results are good, but it doesn't feel like a complete Queen album because of it. The "new" material is good stuff, but don't think it's as good as a lot of the stuff on Innuendo Some people seem not to like Don't Try So Hard or Ride the Wild Wind, but I love those songs, particularly RTWW. Would have loved to have heard that live. Also it has the title track, TATDOOL and TSMGO which I think are some of the best Queen tracks ever. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they did MIH, but it's not an album I listen to loads |
| Lord Blackadder 28.07.2004 08:06 |
'Just thought I'd get your thoughts on Innuendo! Was it really that great an album. Sure it had some good songs but the chart positions don't show it. They say Made in Heaven was a bad album but i think it is better than Innuendo!' What chart positions are you looking at? They got to number one were im from. They are both brilliant albums. I think they are probably the best two actually. I like every song on Innuendo except 'All God's People'. On Made In Heaven there isnt one song i dont like, but its hard to compare the two albums. Innuendo is like Freddie's swan song, and MIH is like a farewell from them to us and Freddie. It's hard to explain but they both have a feel that no other album i have heard has. Most Queen albums give you a certain feeling, MIH give you the the best feeling, the reprise of it's a beautiful day would have been the best way to start and end it. |
| Lord Blackadder 28.07.2004 08:12 |
And by the way, the songs Brian, John and Roger finished after Freddie went (Made In Heaven, Let Me Live, I Was Born To Love You, etc, etc, etc) are some of the very best songs and proves/proved that Queen could exist, at least in the studio, without ol' Freddie. Anyone who says that Made In Heaven (the song) isnt brilliant should be shot. Same for Born To Love You aswell. |
| lovequeen 28.07.2004 08:16 |
I prefer Innuendo, though MIH is the only album I have personal experience of (the only album that has been released since I became a fan, compilations excluded), which makes it kinda unique as I can remember all the fuss about it.. those good memories *sigh* :D Anyway, Innuendo is an amazing album when it comes to the fact that it's so strong and still reflects all those vurnerable feeling at the same time. My favourite used to be I Can't Live With You when I was a kid, but now I've come to love Innuendo and TSMGO the most from this album. The only song that I sometimes jump over, is Hitman. |
| Oberon 28.07.2004 08:31 |
"And by the way, the songs Brian, John and Roger finished after Freddie went (Made In Heaven, Let Me Live, I Was Born To Love You, etc, etc, etc) are some of the very best songs and proves/proved that Queen could exist, at least in the studio, without ol' Freddie. Anyone who says that Made In Heaven (the song) isnt brilliant should be shot. Same for Born To Love You aswell. " But these are Fred's songs from his solo album and all they've done is re-vamp them!!! They've done a great job on them by giving them the Queen sound, but the core of the song is the key, and that was from Fred, so how can you say that this proves they can go on without Fred? And at least they had a fair amount of Fred vocal for these. I feel they could work on archive stuff and produce some good Queen material from it as they did with MIH. But they'd be hard pushed to do all new material and maintain the Queen status. No-One But You is a good song, and stands up. Invincible Hope is quite good, but isn't quite in the same vein as MIH or NOBY. Anyway, we're going off topic!!! Can't believe I forgot to mention I Can't Live With You - another great Innuendo song. I also love Headlong and Hitman, but then I love the heavy guitar tracks most! |
| Sebastian 28.07.2004 08:43 |
> And at least they had a fair amount of Fred vocal for these. Also the piano, which was the main instrument of the backing track |
| Daburcor? 28.07.2004 09:58 |
I think Innuendo is a GODLY piece of album! On a related note--- MY JAPANESE CARD SLEEVE OF INNUENDO IS ON IT'S WAY!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!! *ahem* Carry on. ;p |
| Joma 28.07.2004 10:05 |
I think Innuendo is only beaten by A Night At The Opera and Queen II. A brilliant album and fine songs. Made In Heaven is a different story and I regard it different. EG You Don't Fool Me as can be read in the soapbox is cut and sliced together by David Richards and 'accidently' bacame a proper song. On Innuendo all the songs are created on purpose. |
| Farlander 28.07.2004 10:46 |
It's about average for a Queen album. Not bad, not great. It's better than Made in Heaven, though. |
| Gunpowder Gelatine 28.07.2004 12:28 |
I love Innuendo; in my opinion, it's one of the best. The Show Must Go On, Innuendo, TATDOOL, Don't Try So Hard, etc. They're all great. |
| Sir Archie 'Tiffany' Leach 28.07.2004 12:37 |
It's in my top three albums. |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 28.07.2004 12:58 |
After I brought the Innuendo single, the night before the album was released I couldnt sleep with excitement! Absolutely superb album. Apart from Delilah, not my fave track, but besides that, it lived up to all my expectations. Even now, listening to Bijou in surround gives me goosebumps! |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 28.07.2004 14:04 |
GH3, somehow I think not! |
| Gunpowder Gelatine 28.07.2004 14:19 |
I loved GH3 for awhile, but after getting the Made In Heaven album, which is a decent sized chunk of GH3, the rest of the stuff seemed kind of thrown together. I hate Wyclef Jean's Another One Bites The Dust, although the Elton John and George Michael covers were good. |
| Pim Derks 28.07.2004 14:35 |
"GH3 is great! One of my favorite albuns" GH3 is not an album. It's a compilation. And a crappy one, might I add. |
| Gunpowder Gelatine 28.07.2004 14:36 |
I think You Don't Fool Me grows on you, at least it did for me. It sounds kind of like it's from Hot Space, even though it's actually from much later. But the guitar solo is great, as they usually are. :D |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 28.07.2004 14:36 |
GH3 is a mish mosh of songs put on to an album, to make more money and then it conveniently makes 3 GH albums so they can release a platinum collection and make even more money! |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 28.07.2004 14:42 |
*yawns* |
| KillerQueen840 28.07.2004 16:59 |
I thought that they both were very fine albums. However I like Innuendo better than Made in Heaven. |
| Penis - Vagina 28.07.2004 17:04 |
Great album. |
| 7Innuendo7 28.07.2004 17:14 |
Well, the Innuendo album has the most personal resonance for me, but I love it because the whole album flat-out ROCKS. All the Queen trademarks are there. A couple tracks are iffy--I'd rather have "Lost Opportunity" on side B rather than "Delilah" -- but even w/Fred's health he still sounds worlds better than most vocalists of the time. |
| jericho05 28.07.2004 17:57 |
Innuendo is a very good album though it seems like 4 men desparately trying to recapture the glory years. While it succeeds to some degree I don't think it is in the class of the first five albums. Made in Heaven is what it is... a decent posthumous send off for Freddie. Three stars for Innuendo and Two and a Half for Heaven. |
| Libor2 28.07.2004 20:05 |
Innuendo it Queen’s best album in 80’s and 90’s for me. I felt it like they returned somehow back to 70’s. Well, except Delilah - it’s really not my cup of tea. I like Innuendo more tha MIH. MIH album is very good, but... a little bit different from other Queen’s albums. The fact Fredie had been dead in time they finished it affect whole feeling of this record. And, well, GH3 is not Queen album as I understand it. It’s really only compilation and to be true, I don’t like it. Why to compare it to studio records ? |
| bolan 29.07.2004 07:29 |
I don't think u should be that harsh on GH3 although i think the record label just wanted to squeeze a load more money - i mean half of them weren't even hits like the Freddie tribute tracks and the ones that were wern't great hits like Las Palabras d'Amor |
| Daburcor? 29.07.2004 10:19 |
B_M_W (the wiggy one) wrote: *yawns*Need a pillow? ;) |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 29.07.2004 11:47 |
bolan wrote: I don't think u should be that harsh on GH3 although i think the record label just wanted to squeeze a load more money - i mean half of them weren't even hits like the Freddie tribute tracks and the ones that were wern't great hits like Las Palabras d'AmorThe Record Label??? Hmmm. Get me that pillow. Innuendo scores 5 stars in my book. A fine album. |
| Lord Blackadder 30.07.2004 07:34 |
"But these are Fred's songs from his solo album and all they've done is re-vamp them!!! They've done a great job on them by giving them the Queen sound, but the core of the song is the key, and that was from Fred, so how can you say that this proves they can go on without Fred?" Because originally I Was Born To Love You and Made In Heaven were quite normal, nothing that special. When Bri, Rog and John 're-vamped' them they became brilliant songs. I know Freddie originally wrote them. I wasnt saying Freddie had no part in it. Maybe what it actually proves, in Brian's own words, is that Queen is better than any one of them. |
| Bob The Shrek 30.07.2004 08:49 |
Both albums are way down on my list - never play them. |
| Daburcor? 30.07.2004 08:53 |
You want a slap Bobert? ;) |
| Bob The Shrek 30.07.2004 08:58 |
Your call Mr Corthon ;-) |
| Fenderek 30.07.2004 09:00 |
I absolutely adore INNUENDO -it's definitely my Top5, although not my fav... Same with MIH... GH3...? Oh please... |
| radio_what's_new 30.07.2004 20:59 |
innuendo is my alltime favourite |
| Matti 31.07.2004 01:24 |
Very fantastic album. And yes, I do even like Delilah. :) Really. |
| Gunpowder Gelatine 31.07.2004 01:50 |
Delilah amuses me. I was listening to Pigs (Three Different Ones) by Pink Floyd, and the guitar imiating pig's squealing reminded me of Brian's guitar 'meowing'. |
| Matti 31.07.2004 01:53 |
He he, yeah, that's cool! :) |
| the oppositionist 31.07.2004 20:01 |
agree with oberon. those songs are my faves as well. but i always have to skip over delilah nower days- i wonder how much the lads wanted to oppose putting songs on about freddies cats... lol |
| kindofmagic 01.08.2004 08:09 |
I like the artwork on the sleeve. |
| Mean Mistreater 01.08.2004 10:48 |
innuendo is alright - i prefer the miracle and MIH over it - there are brilliant songs on that album - but they're so depressing |
| FreDRicca_MeRcUrY 01.08.2004 15:44 |
if I had to pick 1 i would have to go with innuendo! |
| Oberon 02.08.2004 07:37 |
Lord Blackadder wrote: "But these are Fred's songs from his solo album and all they've done is re-vamp them!!! They've done a great job on them by giving them the Queen sound, but the core of the song is the key, and that was from Fred, so how can you say that this proves they can go on without Fred?" Because originally I Was Born To Love You and Made In Heaven were quite normal, nothing that special. When Bri, Rog and John 're-vamped' them they became brilliant songs. I know Freddie originally wrote them. I wasnt saying Freddie had no part in it. Maybe what it actually proves, in Brian's own words, is that Queen is better than any one of them.Oh I don't doubt for a minute that the four of them are a very special combination. None of the solo material is of the same standard in my opinion. What you say though seems to back up my point. I haven't analysed the re-vamped song on MIH, but they're not that different from the originals really. Just made "harder" with more guitar. If what you meant was that the three of them could continue to do MIH style work, then I agree, but I'm not sure they could produce new stuff like that with just the three of them. For starters, they're missing some vital vocal input!!! |
| bolan 03.08.2004 06:09 |
Was the original topic not about Innuendo? |
| Oberon 03.08.2004 07:26 |
bolan wrote: Was the original topic not about Innuendo?The nature of conversation is for it to evolve. |